Genus: Cyamodus MEYER, 1863
Etymology: Greek, kyamos, “bean” and Greek, odus, “tooth”: Bean tooth.

Species: munsteri (AGASSIZ 1833, in SCHEDIS & V. MÜNSTER, 1833) MEYER, 1863
Etymology:
= Placodus munsteri AGASSIZ, 1833 (AGASSIZ 1833, in schedis & v. MÜNSTER, 1833)
= Cyamodus muensteri RIEPPEL, 2001 (sic)

Holotype: BSP AS VII 1210

Locality: Lainecker Hohenzug, Bamberg, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Trochitenkalk or lower Meißner Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: mo1/mo2, atavus through postspinosus biozone.

Age: Uppermost Illyrian, Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

Referred material:

CORROY, 1928

Locality: Mont-sur-Meurthe Department, France.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Palatine teeth.

 

NOSOTTI & PINNA, 1989

Locality: Bamberg, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: 2 fragmentary teeth.

 


Locality: Esperstaedt, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Tooth.

 


Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.

 


Locality: Zwetzen, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: 1 tooth.

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Species: rostratus (MÜNSTER, 1839) MEYER, 1863
Etymology:
= Placodus rostratus MÜNSTER, 1839

Holotype: UMO BT 748 (?Erdgeschichtliches Museum. SMF R 4167)

Locality: Lainecker Hohenzug, East Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Trochitenkalk or lower Meißner Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: mo1/mo2, atavus through postspinosus biozone.

Age: Uppermost Illyrian, Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull missing the posterior sides.

Referred material:

SMNS 17403: Incomplete skull.

UMO BT 2172: Isolated lower jaw.

SMF R-4040: Isolated lower jaw.

Skulls.

 

CORROY, 1938

Locality: Luneville, Meurth-et-Moselle Department, France.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Palatine teeth.

 

DIEDRICH, 2012

Locality: Bindlach near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

SBMF no. 4040: Half a lower jaw.

 

= Cyamodus cf. rostratus DIEDRICH, 2013

Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

NME no. 39/517: One large tooth from either the dentary or teh palatinal..

NME no. 78/479: Dorsal vertebra.

MB unummered: Carapax osteoderm.

 

LYDEKKER, 1889

Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

BMNH 32781: Imperfect crown of a worn palatine tooth.

 


NOSOTTI & PINNA, 1989

Locality: Laineck, East Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: 5 teeth.

Number: Not given: Vertebra.

 

Locality: Gottingen, Sachsen, Lower Saxony State, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Vertebra.

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Species: hildegardis PEYER, 1931
Etymology:
Note: Probable synonym of C. laticeps (PINNA, 1999)

Holotype: PIMUZ T4763

Locality: Valporina, Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy: Grenzbitumen-horizon.

Age: Anisian-Ladinian boundary, Middle Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and fragmentary skeleton with osteoderms.

Referred material:

PEYER, 1935

PIMUZ T4768: 6 skulls.

PIMUZ T2797: Skull of a juvenile.

PINNA, 1992

PIMUZ T4766: Mandible with teeth.

 

PINNA, 1980

Locality: <<Scisti Bituminosi>> of Poglinana near Besano, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

MSNM V478: Fragmentary skeleton, with armor.

 

PINNA, 1992

Locality: Valle Stelle, Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian/Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

PIMUZ T4764: 5 fragmentary skeletons.

PIMUZ T4767: Mandible with teeth.

PIMUZ T4772: Teeth.

 

TSCHANZ, 1989

Locality: Punto 902, Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon: Brenzbitumen-beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian/Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

PIMUZ T2804: Tooth bearing elements found in the stomach of Lariosaurus buzzii TSCHANZ 1989.

PINNA, 1992

PIMUZ T1285: Fragmentary skeleton.

PIMUZ T4771 : Skull and cervical vertebrae of an adult.

PIMUZ T4765: Mandible with teeth.

KUHN-SCHNYDER, 1959

PIMUZ T2796: Skull of a subadult.

 

WESTPHAL, 1975

Locality: Cava Tre Fontane (1929), Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian/Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

PIMUZ T 58: Fragmentary dorsal osteoderms.

PINNA, 1992

PIMUZ T4770: Incomplete skull.

 

WESTPHAL, 1976

Locality: Pogliana, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Anisian/Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Mus. Stor. Nautr. Milano, MSNM V458: Fragmentary skeleton with some osteoderms.

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Species: kuhnschnyderi NOSOTTI & PINNA, 1993
Etymology: In honor of Prof. Dr. Emil Kuhn-Schnyder (1905-1994)
= Cyamodus kuhn-schnyderi NOSOTTI & PINNA, 1993

Holotype: SMNS 15855

Locality: Tiefenbach on the river Jagst near Crailsheim, Allemange, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.

Horizon: Hohenlohe Subformation, Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: Discoceratitenschichten Zone, (mo3).

Age: Lower Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

Paratypes:

SMNHS 16270: Fragmentary skull.

SMNS 18380: Fragment of mandible.

NOSOTI & PINNA, 1996

SMNS 16725, 15891c, SMNS unnumbered: 3 Armour fragments.

Referred material:

RIEPPEL, 1994

Locality: Hegnabrunn, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

SMNS 59828: Femur.

SMNS 59825: Isolated dorsal vertebra.

 

RIEPPEL & HAGDORN, 1999

Locality: Lime quarry at Wasselonne, Alsace Region, France.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: Mo3, praenodosus to lower nodosus zone.

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

MHI 1293: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary dentary.


= Cymodus sp BRECKHEMER, 1928

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

Number: Not given:

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Species: orientalis WANG, LI, SCHEYER & ZHAO, 2019
Etymology: Latin, oriens, "east." Referring to the Triassic marine reptile fauna in south China being located in the eastern Tethys, while all other known species of Cyamodus are from the western Tethys.

Holotype: ZMNH M8820

Locality: Guanling, Guanling County, Guizhou Province, south-west China.

Horizon: Wayao Member, Falang Formation (also calle the Xiaowa Formation, Wang et al., 2008).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull and an articulated and nearly complete skleton.